The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) was established by Congress in 1965 to enforce Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Since then, it has added enforcement of other employment anti-discrimination laws including the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the Genetic Information Non-Discrimination Act.

The EEOC carries out its obligations in several ways, including fielding and investigating complaints of violation of …